Characteristics of Hui Traditional Clothing

The Hui people in China regard white as the cleanest, most joyful and innocuous color. After the founding of Islam, it was once said to the parishioners, "Wear white clothes, it is the best clothes for you." In the practice of real life, the Hui people appreciate that in the hot summer, wearing white can reflect the heat, etc. Therefore, wearing a white hat, wearing white clothes has become one of the characteristics of the Hui dress customs.

First, the dress of Hui people has multiple roles. One is to protect the body. This is an objective and inevitable need for human production, life and survival. According to the different seasons to choose different costumes, summer wearing a single garment, winter northern Hui people wear cotton and leather, leather shoes, etc., the Northeast and Northwest Hui people in order to prevent the cold, but also wear cotton hats, leather hats or ear sets. Hui women in order to prevent wind and sand also wear head cover, take scarf and so on. Second, the role of decoration. Love of beauty, Hui people are no exception, which is the inherent requirements of human beings to beautify themselves. Such as men wearing shirts, sets of green shoulders, women point forehead, dyeing nails, embroidery on the clothes, there are decorative factors. Thirdly, it has the role of religion. Some Hui Muslims in order to participate in some religious activities or by the influence of religion, the head wrapped in Desdar, wear quasi-white, wear Maisai socks, women take the head, in addition to protecting the body and decorative, there are religious factors, constituting the Hui dress of the multiple folklore character.

Secondly, the headdress is the most typical and characteristic of the Hui dress. Such as Hui people from the past to the present, the traditional range of men's white cap, Desdar and women's head covering is the widest, whether in the water town of Jiangnan, or in the yellow and black land in the north, wherever the Hui people live in, the custom of headdress is very obvious. This custom contrasts sharply with the Chinese Han dress custom. Among the Han clothing customs, the clothes' tradition has the widest range and the most obvious characteristics, while the headdress custom is second to none, or even dispensable. Because the Hui people attach importance to the headdress custom, its hat, cover head, Desdal, etc. Selection of material is quite exquisite, pay attention to clean, neat.

Third, the Hui dress neat, beautiful, simple and comfortable, clean and hygienic, do not wear flashy clothes, especially men do not wear colorful clothes, not with a different crown; love of beauty, but do not think strange, "light make-up and thick smear is always appropriate". In clothing, crown color to white, green, black. This feature has a certain connection with the origin and religion of the Hui.

Islam advocates black, white and green colors, Chinese history books have "white food", "black food" and "green food" said, "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food", "food". "Dashi" is the Chinese translation of the ancient Persian name for Arabs. To date, Muslims around the world still revere the black, white and green colors.

The Hui people also like to wear green and black clothing. Hui Muslims believe that green is a sacred color, Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, generally playing the green flag. Arab countries made for Muslims to pray with the carpet, the background color is generally green. China's Hui held the imam "dress" ceremony, the imam generally wear green cap, wearing green quasi-white (hold son). Hui young women also wear green head, wearing green pants. Hui people also like to wear green shoulders, wear black head, wear black robes, etc., giving people imagination and pure mood.

Fourth, the Hui people wear a ring of customs, one is affected by the customs of Arab countries and the influence of Islam. In Arab countries, Muslim women engaged, generally depending on the economic conditions of their male counterparts, to appropriate gold and silver jewelry as a bride price. Islam allows women to wear gold jewelry this custom is still inherited in some Muslim countries. The author visited in 1988 in Turkey, I learned that now they give women engaged, generally about one hundred grams of gold and silver jewelry. Secondly, by the Arab, Persian and other places to China for business Muslims are good at jewelry and gold and silver jewelry, the economic conditions are also good, so their wives and daughters are wearing jewelry. This was recorded as early as the Song Dynasty. Thirdly, it is influenced by Chinese Han, in China Han people wear ring history of more than two thousand years, as early as in the Shang Dynasty, some people wear finger rings. These factors have played a direct and indirect impact on the Hui people wear gold and silver jewelry.

Fifth, with the continuous development of society, the Hui dress by the Han Chinese dress culture has a greater impact, in addition to the Hui headdress and religious personnel, the elderly Muslim dress, the settlement area of the young and middle-aged Hui and the Hui diaspora in the towns and cities of Hui dress is not characterized by strong. Suits, suits, Zhongshan suits, Lenin suits, jackets, ski shirts, and various fashions have become the daily wear of the Hui, watches have become daily utensils, and most of the young and middle-aged Hui women living in the towns cut their hair and wear high-heeled shoes, which has formed a trend, and these are the characteristics of the development and evolution of the Hui dress. These are the characteristics of the development of Hui clothing.